Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/22

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Subject: Re: Slow Escapement Speeds
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 16:31:33 -0700

Ben Holmes wrote:
> 
> Last night I tried to make a few exposures with my M6 at 1 sec. It was
> twilight, and the light was absolutely beautiful. I pressed the button, but
> only heard half of the song. Click...short buzzzz...then...nothing. I tried
> winding the film, but the advance was jammed. I rotated the speed dial to B
> and the shutter closed. Again, I set it to 1 sec, wound the film, click...
> SAME thing! I took out the film and ran through a dozen exposures at each
> speed and the problem disappeared. What gives?
> 
> Should I chalk this one under "Non-reproducable results"? Was this a matter
> of lack of excercise?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ben W. Holmes

Ben,

Sounds like a problem with the slow speed escapment. A CLA may be in
order though I thought this was a relatively new M6.

You cannot advance the film lever until the 2nd curtain closes. 

Best regards, Dennis


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